Descripción:About 10 minutes after takeoff, a hijacker told the crew that he had companions on board carrying sulphuric acid that they would throw over passengers unless the plane headed for South Korea. The plane landed in Zhengzhou at about 09:50. Two plainclothes police were sent to negotiate with the hijacker on board the plane and he was detained at 10:20.

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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path. Distance from Beijing-Capital Airport to Changsha-Huanghua Airport as the crow flies is 1348 km (843 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.